Here are 12 books about education and learning you should look forward to reading this year:
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/12-must-read-books-on-learning-for-2015/…
DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
Here are 12 books about education and learning you should look forward to reading this year:
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/12-must-read-books-on-learning-for-2015/…
Today, we are introducing you to 3 interesting extensions that you can use on your Chrome browser to get the most from Google Maps.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/03/ge-most-out-of-google-maps-with-these-excellent-apps.html
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The following things have been identified by educational researchers and teachers alike as the most powerful uses of technology for learning. Take a look.
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Schools find a cost-effective approach to collaboration by implementing Google solutions.
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Adding annotations to YouTube videos is a good way to add little bubbles of information to a video or to create a series of choose your own adventure videos.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/03/how-to-add-annotations-to-youtube.html
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A few tricks to make Google Forms even better for you and your students.
http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/2015/03/21/5-things-you-did-not-know-about-google-forms/
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Gone are the days when you had to enroll in expensive computer training classes as now exist a plethora of web-based courses that will help you learn programming at your own pace in the comfort of your web browser.
Popular chats move quickly and it can sometimes be overwhelming to keep up or get involved. There are several tools that exist that can make participating easier. All are free and they are in no particular order.
http://instructionaltechtalk.com/3-tools-easily-participate-twitter-chats/
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Here are some suggestions (based on input from question-friendly teachers, schools, programs, and organizations) on how to encourage more questioning in the classroom and hopefully, beyond it.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/help-students-become-better-questioners-warren-berger…
Udemy has launched the Teacher Tech Initiative, a program designed to make computer technology courses available to K-12 teachers in the United States for free and at reduced cost.
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We hear a lot about blended learning from an instructor’s perspective, but what about from a student’s perspective? In what ways can students use technology to support learning inside and outside their course sessions?
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/blended-study/
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Finland is about to embark on one of the most radical education reform programmes ever undertaken by a nation state – scrapping traditional “teaching by subject” in favour of “teaching by topic”.
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Here are some very useful educational web tools we have curated over the last few weeks. We only feature the recent trending tools which we think would be a valued addition to teachers technology toolkit.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/03/10-new-educational-tools-for-teachers.html
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